best before/expiration date

[badkuk]

Guys, just curious: how do food companies test how long their products can last before going bad? Yung BFAD bang bahala magtest? Yung mga nasisira agad malamang they can test it in a lab for a few days...but how about food that lasts years?

tia

[crazy_boy]

generally speaking, pag best before, pwede mo pa kainin after. but the quality is not at its best already. pag expiry, sira na, bawal na kainin.

to determine the expiry date, usually the QA department of the manufacturer will make a shelf life test.

[badkuk]

i hear that for some products, the actual expiration is months pa after the indicated date; naninigurado lang siguro.

But i'm curious as to how food companies determine/test the best before/expiration date...alangan naman hayaan na lang magkaamag ^_^

[_Qwerty_]

pag wala nang choice.. amuyin muna.. pag ok pa.. tikman nang konti.. pag pwede pa.. tirahin na yan!

[crazy_boy]

pag best before, your statement is true na pwede pa siya months after. but for how long, we can only speculate.

regarding test, what manufacturers usually do is during r&d, madami na sila ginagawa. then tinatabi nila yung mga samples and they eat it everyday. pag nag deteriorate na quality, best before na agad.

[_Qwerty_]

yung mga drinks like beer and softdrinks.. napapanis din.. kaya tikim tikim lang muna bago lumagok...

[chua_riwap]

i hear that for some products, the actual expiration is months pa after the indicated date; naninigurado lang siguro.

That's what former DTI Usec Maglaya had mentioned in ANC before, that goods are still good one month after exp date.

Pero mahirap na. Sundin na lang yung bbd. Minsan kasi may mga canned goods, na malapit pa lang sa BBD, bloated na yung lata.

[chua_riwap]

yung mga drinks like beer and softdrinks.. napapanis din.. kaya tikim tikim lang muna bago lumagok...

Yung C2, ilang beses na kami nakabili na lasang beer o parang vinegar.....

[_Cathy_]

I am not finicky with best before or expiration date. I still eat it depending on the product eg chips or chocolates. Pag canned goods hindi na.

I heard even medicines can be taken X months after expiration. The effectivity is lessened lang.

[_Qwerty_]

sa walking dead nga.. lahat kinakain pa..